PUNE: The standing committee of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) on Monday increased the 2022-2023 civic budget to Rs9,716 crore, a rise of Rs1,124 crore from municipal commissioner Vikram Kumar ’s Rs,8,592-crore draft budget presented on March 7.
“I have forwarded the budget to the general body (GB). But as the five-year term of the elected members and the GB ended on Monday midnight, the commissioner will have the powers to take a call on the changes we have made in the budget,” standing committee chairman Hemant Rasane said.